Describing Xmas things and people games

Describing Xmas things and people games

 

Describing Xmas things and people brainstorming

Choose one of the things or people below and take turns trying to make true statements connected to Xmas until someone says something that isn’t true, repeats what someone has said before, or gives up.

 

Describing Xmas things and people guessing game

Choose one of the people or things below and give hints about which one you chose (without saying any part of the name) until someone guesses correctly, with only one guess per hint.

 

Christmas people and things to describe

• angel
• baby Jesus
• bad children/ naughty children
• boys
• Daddy/ Dad/ Father
• gingerbread man
• girls
• good children
• grandparents
• Jack (from A Nightmare Before Christmas)
• Mary (mother of Jesus)
• Mother/ Mummy/ Mum
• postmen/ postal workers
• robin
• Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
• Santa/ Santa Claus
• Santa’s elves
• Santa’s reindeer
• snowman
• turkey

Suggested descriptions

Use these as extra hints for the guessing game and/ or see if you can add more descriptions below.

angel

He can fly.

He is not a man.

He is beautiful.

 

baby Jesus

He is small.

He is sleeping.

He is cute.

 

bad children/ naughty children

They are worried on Xmas Eve.

They aren’t happy on Christmas Day.

They won’t get Xmas presents from Santa.

 

boys

 

Daddy/ Dad/ Father

 

gingerbread man

He is delicious.

He is brown.

He has buttons.

He has candy eyes.

He is sweet.

 

girls

 

good children

 

grandparents

 

Jack (from A Nightmare Before Christmas)

 

Mary (mother of Jesus)

 

Mother/ Mummy/ Mum

 

postmen/ postal workers

They are busy in December.

They have heavy bags.

 

robin

It is brightly coloured.

It is cold and hungry.

Its body is red.

 

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

He can fly.

His nose can make light.

He has a red nose.

 

Santa/ Santa Claus

He is fat.

He is cheerful.

He is hardworking.

He has white hair.

He has a beard.

He is busy in December.

He is kind.

His laugh is loud./ His laugh is noisy.

He eats and drinks in many houses.

 

Santa’s elves

They are short.

They have big ears.

They are hardworking.

They wear green clothes.

 

Santa’s reindeer

They can fly.

They are fast.

They like eating carrots.

They have long faces.

They have big teeth.

They are fast.

They are busy in December.

 

snowman

He doesn’t move.

He looks bored.

He likes cold weather.

He doesn’t like the sun.

 

turkey

It is worried before Xmas.

It is not intelligent./ It is stupid./ It is not clever./ It is not smart.

It is ugly.

It’s is bigger than a chicken.

It is big.

It is fat.